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Ask a question and your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian that is on duty from anywhere in the country. And when UK libraries are closed your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian in the USA.

Why not give it a go?

 Online

resources - available in libraries

These recommended sites are available for you to use on library PCs:

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Online resources - how to access them from your own PC

To search Oxford Reference Online (ORO)

  • click on the ORO link
  • in the box for library card login type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
  • click on Login or Go

To search Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)

  • click on the ODNB link
  • in the top right hand corner click on subscribers enter here
  • type D and the first 8 digits from your library card

To search the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online

  • click on the OED link
  • click on the enter OED online icon

To search Oxford dictionaries of music or art online

  • click on the Oxford music link or click on the Oxford art link
  • go to the library barcode user login
  • type D and the first 8 digits from your library card

To search Kompass

  • click on the Kompass link
  • in the login box type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
  • click on Go

To search Encyclopedia Britannica online

If you experience any problems using these resources please contact us:

e-mail: Moira Pritchard

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Useful links

Search engines:

Ask Jeeves: www.askjeeves.com
Google: www.google.co.uk
Yahoo UK & Ireland: www.yahoo.co.uk.
More search engines.

The links are arranged in subjects:

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Ancestry online resource

Find out more about your family history. Ancestry is available to use in all libraries and at the Archives office.

Call 0845 330 4435 to renew your library items

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